California Penal Code
§ 452
PEN § 452 Effective Jan 1, 2025Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govA person is guilty of unlawfully causing a fire when they recklessly set fire to, burn, or cause to be burned any structure, forest land, or property.
(a)Unlawfully causing a fire that causes great bodily injury is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
(b)Unlawfully causing a fire that causes an inhabited structure or inhabited property to burn is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 173, Sec. 1. (SB 1242) Effective January 1, 2025.